The crowd automatically made way for him. He saw that Qin Yilan's hair was disheveled, her forehead was covered with dirt, and her face was covered with tear marks mixed with dirt.
He sighed, "Qin Zhiqing, what can I say about you? The Revolutionary Committee came to see you a few days ago, and the villagers said so many good things about you! Just wait and explain it to the Revolutionary Committee!"
Qin Yilan crawled to the old branch secretary and begged, "Old branch secretary, I really know I was wrong this time. I was afraid that Chu Jingqiu would tell everyone about my family's affairs, so I wanted to take the initiative and make everyone not believe her. I really am not a spy.
I have completely severed ties with my counter-revolutionary family. I disdain to associate with them. I'm really not a spy!"
The old Party branch secretary asked two women beside him to pull her away and said earnestly, "Qin Zhiqing, the villagers are all watching what happened today. You are indeed speaking out for the injustice done to your counter-revolutionary family. I can no longer make the decision on this matter.
I've just called the Revolutionary Committee, and they'll be here soon. Talk to them and explain everything. If you weren't a spy, they wouldn't wrongly accuse you."
Qin Yilan was so frightened that her whole body felt like sieve chaff, and the bottom of her pants was wet.
The two women nearby covered their noses in disgust. "Qin Zhiqing, you're such a grown man, and you're pooping and peeing all over the place. It's so stinking!"
After waiting for about half an hour, people from the Revolutionary Committee came, five or six in total.
After Gu Wanshan was shot, a man named Zhang Shengli was promoted from below to be the new deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee.
Zhang Shengli is a hot-blooded, aggressive and violent person. No matter what you do, he will dare to make it a big deal according to the instructions of his superiors.
Hearing that there was a spy in the Qingshan Brigade, he hurried over with his men and saw that the person was Qin Yilan, whom they had just interrogated a few days ago.
He asked in confusion, "Old Du, when I said I wanted to take this educated young woman Qin away a few days ago, you all pleaded for her and said there was nothing wrong with this comrade. It's only been a few days, so why are you reporting her as a spy?"
Du Jianguo told Zhang Shengli what had just happened, and Zhang Shengli walked up to Chu Jingqiu.
He said respectfully, "Comrade Chu, I'm Zhang Shengli, deputy director of the Revolutionary Committee. A few days ago, we received a notice from the Beijing Municipal Government to assist in the investigation. We learned that the Qin family, a group of counter-revolutionaries, had poisoned the old leader. Is the old leader recovered now?"
Chu Jingqiu smiled and replied, "Thank you, Director Zhang, for your concern. My grandfather has been rescued and is no longer seriously injured. However, his appetite is far from what it used to be. He has suffered such severe damage, so it will take him some time to recover."
Zhang Shengli nodded, "That's good, these spies are really ruthless, the old leader is really lucky.
Chu Zhiqing, I want to ask you, wasn't Qin Zhiqing speaking up for her spy family just now, and also slandering the leaders for oppressing the people, trying to incite the ignorant masses to persecute the descendants of the revolution?"
Chu Jingqiu said with a serious expression: "Director Zhang, it is indeed true. You must investigate Qin Yilan strictly. Her acting skills are very superb. I suspect that she has received special training. I hope you will investigate strictly."
Zhang Shengli glanced at Qin Yilan, who was slumped on the ground, looking slutty and smelly, and called the two female comrades he brought with him, "Go, watch her and let her change her clothes, then take her to the Revolutionary Committee for investigation."
With the help of Wu Shuangshuang, two female comrades from the Revolutionary Committee carried Qin Yilan to her room, asked her to take a simple shower and change into clean clothes, and then took her away.
When Chu Jingqiu saw that the crowd had dispersed, she and Shi Aihong and the others took Jiang Jiang back to their room.
Shi Aihong said with a smile on her face: "Jingqiu, is Qin Yilan crazy? Her family is in such a state, and she doesn't know how to be low-key. She even deliberately finds trouble. Now she has made trouble for herself!"
Chu Jingqiu put all the things in her big package into the cabinet. As she sorted them out, she said, "Qin Yilan is too vain. She's afraid that I'll tell you about her family's scandals, so she wants to take the initiative and pretend to be weak like before to win everyone's sympathy.
Even if I tell the truth later, no one will believe me, because people generally sympathize with the weak. Didn’t she almost succeed just now? "
Zhang Pingping smiled and said, "She's used this trick countless times in front of Yue Wenbin, and it never failed. But now it's become a joke in front of you. I don't think she'll be able to recover this time."
Chu Jingqiu thought for a moment and said, "That's not necessarily true. Qin Yilan is a cunning person. She is frightened now. When she wakes up, she will definitely find a way to save herself."
Zhang Pingping waved her hand. "Forget it, let's not talk about her anymore. Jingqiu is back. They say you eat dumplings when you get on and noodles when you get off. Let's have noodles tonight!"
Chu Jingqiu hurriedly took out a piece of bacon from his space and handed it to Zhang Pingping, "Sister Pingping, this is a piece of bacon I brought from home. Let's have bacon and mushroom noodles tonight!"
Zhang Pingping took it with a smile. "I just soaked some mushrooms and was planning to chop up some leftover dried meat. Now I'm good to go. I can just use this."
Shi Aihong sharpened her knife on the water tank and said, "I'll cut the meat and mushrooms. Jingqiu, you've been in the car all day, so just rest over there. We'll call you when we're done."
Chu Jingqiu added some water to the pot and lit the fire in the stove. "I'm not tired. I just took a nap in the car. I'll help you light the fire. It's a good opportunity for us to chat.
I didn't see Hu Mingyue today. Did she get married and move out of the educated youth camp?
Shi Aihong curled her lips and said, "They just got married last Thursday, and they are very happy. However, she didn't move her things from the educated youth camp. She said this is her parents' home, and she came back to stay for a few days.
There were quite a lot of people who came to the wedding on the day, including commune cadres and party secretaries and team leaders from other villages. They brought quite a lot of gifts, including many quilt covers, pillowcases, washbasins, and thermoses.
I heard that they were all given to Hu Mingyue, who specially cleared out an empty room and locked all these things in. Yu Qingmin's two sisters-in-law even had a quarrel with Hu Qingmin's mother about this matter. Later, Yu Shujie stepped in and scolded them, and the two sisters-in-law finally behaved themselves.
When Shi Aihong said this, she suddenly remembered the gossip that several old ladies in the village were talking about under the big tree.
She lowered her voice and said, "That weekend, Da Loudspeaker told a few women that Yu Qingmin's nephew stole two yuan from the drawer while they weren't paying attention. He also took a few balloons and blew them up big. When a few children were playing in the yard, Hu Mingyue saw it.
Hu Mingyue's face turned red all of a sudden. With a sullen face, she asked the children to wash the balloons.
I heard that those balloons were sent by Hu Mingyue's family from Hai City, and that using them would prevent her from getting pregnant. I really don't understand, can these balloons also prevent a person from getting pregnant? Doesn't she want a child?
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